Senior Cloud Platform Principal Engineer

Autodesk, Inc; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 131,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Developer for the Platform Services Data Models Team. This hybrid role is based in Canada, with offices in Montreal or Toronto.

You will lead cross-team initiatives, guide engineering practices, and own end-to-end platform capabilities from design to deployment. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of cloud/web services experience, strong Java/Spring Boot, AWS expertise, and proven leadership delivering commercial cloud products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in CS or related technical field.
• 8+ years in software design/development in cloud/web services.
• 3+ years in a leadership role leading teams/deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Lead team-level outcomes and high-stakes initiatives.
• Mentor and lead other team members; influence across teams.
• Own and drive incidents, RCA, and preventive actions; participate in cross-functional discussions.
• Act as Product Owner balancing architectural roadmaps and product needs.

Skills

Leadership

Java

Spring Boot

Cloud

Mentoring

Incident response

Product Owner

Communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master in CS or related

Tools

AWS

Jenkins

GraphQL

gRPC

REST

Job description

Autodesk, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Developer for the Platform Services Data Models Team. This hybrid role is based in Canada, with offices in Montreal or Toronto.

You will lead cross-team initiatives, guide engineering practices, and own end-to-end platform capabilities from design to deployment. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of cloud/web services experience, strong Java/Spring Boot, AWS expertise, and proven leadership delivering commercial cloud products.